POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR

Requisition # 2936

Position Basics

Salary

Salary:

$47,484.00 to Commensurate

Position Details

Full/Part Time Status:

Full Time

Percent Time:

100%

Position Description:

Several postdoctoral research scholar positions are available in the Bing-Hua Jiang, Ph.D. laboratory in the Department of Pathology at the University of Iowa. The focus of the laboratory is to investigate NIH-funded projects in cancer initiation, progression and drug/therapy resistance. Available projects include: 1. Investigate novel mechanisms of ovarian cancer development, study acquired resistance to key drug treatments, and identify new biomarkers and therapeutic targets for overcoming treatment resistance; 2. Investigate new mechanisms of resistance in lung cancer to targeted therapy and radiation treatments with the goal of improving targeted therapy and radiation; and 3. Study mechanisms of lung carcinogenesis induced by arsenic and chromium, key environmental carcinogens.

Education Requirement:

PhD or MD/PhD

Required Qualifications:

Laboratory experience in molecular biology; experience with animal models of disease; good written and verbal communication skills.

Contact Information

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